British Army to be issued with AI capable communications
By Sean Rayment British soldiers are to be issued with new AI-capable radios, headsets and tablets featuring futuristic sensor data, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The contract, worth up to £86 million, has been awarded to UK-based company BlackTree…
The grid is the battlefield: what the Munich Security Report reveals about cyber warfare and the fight for Europe’s energy infrastructure
By Andre Pienaar For the first time, cyberattacks rank as the most serious security risk across the G7. Russia is blending cyber and kinetic operations against European energy grids. The Munich Security Report 2026 maps a threat landscape in which…
New powers for defence personnel to defeat drones following doubling of incidents near bases
By Sean Rayment The security of key military sites will be strengthened as Defence personnel are given stronger powers to defeat drones near bases as part of new measures being introduced in the Armed Forces Bill. The move comes as…
Al-Qaeda 50 times bigger than at time of 9/11, UN warns
By Sean Rayment The al-Qaeda terrorist group is now 50 times larger than at the time of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, a United Nations monitoring group has claimed. The figures, drawn from data and intelligence gathered by…
Alekseyev shooting exposes critical vulnerability at the heart of Russia’s intelligence apparatus
By Andre Pienaar The attempted assassination of GRU’s operational commander raises urgent questions about institutional continuity, hybrid warfare networks, and the future of Russian covert operations worldwide. The shooting of Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev outside his Moscow apartment on the…
Spies among us: what 70 convicted agents reveal about the espionage threat to Europe
By Andre Pienaar A landmark Swedish counter intelligence study maps the largest open-source dataset of espionage convictions in Europe, exposing Russia’s aggression, the evolution of spy typologies, and the alarming silence from some Western capitals. In January 2026, Sweden’s Defence…
Epstein was probably a Russian spy, says Polish Prime Minister
Polish authorities have launched an investigation into whether Jeffrey Epstein acted as a spy for Russia amid suspicions he could have been paid for collecting compromising material on well-connected figures.Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, told a government meeting he…
China reveals futuristic Star Wars-style space carrier able to evade defences and strike enemies from edge of atmosphere
By Sean Rayment China is planning to build a giant space aircraft carrier capable of deploying unmanned fighter jets that could fire missiles from the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. Chinese state media has released a concept video of the…
Russia offers to store Iran’s enriched Uranium in a bid to avoid a regional war in the Middle East
By Sean Rayment The Kremlin has announced that Russia would be willing to store Iran’s enriched weapons-grade uranium in a bid to de-escalate tensions between Washington and Tehran. A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said that an offer to…
Leaked IRGC documents expose Tehran’s hidden suppression machine
By Andre Pienaar UANI report reveals IRGC command and control structure behind Iran’s deadly crackdown on protesters As protests continue to engulf Iran and the European Union (EU) moves to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist…
